Medal - 1st Centenary of the Independence of Brazil Petropolis

Medal - 1st Centenary of the Independence of Brazil (Petropolis) - obverseMedal - 1st Centenary of the Independence of Brazil (Petropolis) - reverse

© Wilson Roberto Vasques Nunes

Features

Location Brazil
Period Republic of the United States of Brazil (1889-1967)
Type Souvenir medals › Commemorative souvenir
Year 1922
Composition Silver
Weight 12 g
Diameter 30 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
137980

Commemorative issue

1st Centenary of the Independence of Brazil

Obverse

Ring of pearls round the border.
In the center, artistic representation of the moment of the Proclamation of the Independence of Brazil.
Below the artistic representation, among decorations, the dates 1822 - 1922.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 1822 - 1922

Reverse

Ring of pearls round the border.
A branch of coffee, in a semicircle, occupying 3/4 of the whole left circumference of the piece.
To the right of the coffee branch, the legend, read from above, with the following words: O POVO DE PETROPOLIS COMMEMORANDO O 1º CENTENARIO DA INDEPENDENCIA DO BRASIL.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
O POVO
DE PETROPOLIS
COMMEMORANDO
O 1º CENTENARIO
DA INDEPENDENCIA
DO BRASIL

Translation:
THE PEOPLE
OF PETROPOLIS
COMMEMORATING
THE 1ST CENTENARY
OF THE INDEPENDENCE
OF BRAZIL

Edge

Smooth

Comments

Independence or Death of Pedro Américo of 1888, where possibly the engraver of the piece was inspired by the artistic representation of the Proclamation of Independence.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1922  KP36

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